Guest Writer: Ernie Laurence Author: Andrew Hamilton Chief Editor/Layout: Bryan Fazekas “I don’t know why, but I like designing spells.” A Book of Miscellaneous Spells II is an online compendium of additional incantations for the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons tabletop roleplaying game (“and similar Fantasy Role Playing Games”). It is actually an online compendium of one hundred and fifty six …
Modern gamer, should you buy it local or buy it online?
Once upon a time back in 1986… It is 1986. My dragon magazine is open and inside is a glossy advertisement for this book called Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. It features an ogre with a black and white mohawk getting skewered by a dwarf with an orange crested mohawk. My imagination was on fire! I had to buy this right then …
The GameMaster’s Tool Box, creating your first town part 2!
How to flesh out a town from a skeleton Part 2 Welcome Back Gamemaster! I would like to thank Shane Davis for the new and improved toolbox logo. Thanks alot, it looks much better than what I came up with. Okay, let’s pick up right where we left off. First off though I owe my readers an apology. Just as some …
Expedition to the Barrier Peaks AD&D Module
Guest Writer: James Boney Many decades ago, when I was introduced to Dungeons and Dragons, the third module I played was titled Expedition to the Barrier Peaks and it forever changed the way I saw the game. Here was the work that pulled me from the standard fantasy format and expanded the game into another level of imagination. Expedition to …
The Stories These d20 Dice Could Tell
View PostDungeon Magazine #6: Enter the Tortles
Guest Writer: Brian DiTullo This Month in Dungeon: Plug-And-Play!!! The final issue of the first year of Dungeon Magazine represented the first milestone for the publication, and the last issue that was available exclusively for subscribers. Beginning with issue #7, Dungeon was available for purchase at newsstands, book stores, and hobby shops. This issue contains six adventures of varying degrees …
The GameMaster’s Tool Box, Fleshing out your first published adventure town part 1
How to flesh out a town from a skeleton Part 1 Welcome back! So in the first installment of The Gamemaster’s Tool box, I gave tips on how to take a published module and prepare for running it as a adventure. With this in mind, I am going to begin this installment by choosing a fairly new(ish) product. Tales from …
77 Lost Worlds, a Post-Apocalyptic RPG
Guest Writer: Dave Johnson I have always been a big fan of science fiction movies, television shows, and books. I think it’s the idea that something better will come to us in the future. But, as we all know, life isn’t clean and tidy; sometimes things go horribly wrong. Life is messy. The struggle to survive lets us know we …
Care and Use of… Dungeon Magazine, Issue 2!
Guest Writer: Patrick Bird With the initial success of Dungeon Magazine #1, work began on creating Dungeon Magazine #2. The second issue had some notable differences from issue number 1. First of all, instead of just an issue number on the cover with no other information, the second issue’s cover also carried the notation “November/December 1986”, indicating that the publishers …
Old School Module N1 – Against the Cult of the Reptile God
Guest Writer: Shane Davis “Against the Cult of the Reptile God” is the first of the N-series, or Novice series, of modules. It is written with the new player or game master in mind. The module is designed for 4-7 characters from first to third level. Notably, it is also the first published AD&D module that relies upon investigation of …